To make the flesh creep :- to be very frightened
Green hand :- an unexperienced person
A horse laugh :- to laugh very loudly without having any sense
Lead the field :- very famous
Fair and square :- honestly
Once in a blue moon :- very rarely
On the blink :- out of order
Hold water :- remain true even when examined closely
On the cuff :- on credit
Off the cuff :- without previous thought or preparation
No love lost between the two people :- two people dislike each other
Of the first water :- of the greatest excellence
Sit on the fence :- avoid deciding between two sides of an argument, discussion, quarrel etc,.
Meet your waterloo :- be finally defeated
At stake :- that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action
Man of straw :- a weak or cowardly person
Herculean task :- a very difficult and courageous work
Draw on one's fancy :- to believe or imagine something
To lose heart :- to become discouraged
Helter-skelter :- done in a hurry and a way that lacks organisation
Sell like hot cake :- to be sold quickly and in great quantities
To go through fire and water :- to pass through all type of hardships
In the red :- in debt
To turn an honest penny :- to earn one's living honestly
Hobson's choice :- no real choice at all
To rest on one's laurels :- to be satisfied with the success you have already gained and so on longer try to improve your position
Grass widow :- wife whose husband has to live away from her for a long time because of his job etc,.
Green hand :- an unexperienced person
A horse laugh :- to laugh very loudly without having any sense
Lead the field :- very famous
Fair and square :- honestly
Once in a blue moon :- very rarely
On the blink :- out of order
Hold water :- remain true even when examined closely
On the cuff :- on credit
Off the cuff :- without previous thought or preparation
No love lost between the two people :- two people dislike each other
Of the first water :- of the greatest excellence
Sit on the fence :- avoid deciding between two sides of an argument, discussion, quarrel etc,.
Meet your waterloo :- be finally defeated
At stake :- that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action
Man of straw :- a weak or cowardly person
Herculean task :- a very difficult and courageous work
Draw on one's fancy :- to believe or imagine something
To lose heart :- to become discouraged
Helter-skelter :- done in a hurry and a way that lacks organisation
Sell like hot cake :- to be sold quickly and in great quantities
To go through fire and water :- to pass through all type of hardships
In the red :- in debt
To turn an honest penny :- to earn one's living honestly
Hobson's choice :- no real choice at all
To rest on one's laurels :- to be satisfied with the success you have already gained and so on longer try to improve your position
Grass widow :- wife whose husband has to live away from her for a long time because of his job etc,.
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